further than this.
May 2, 2011 | 4:03 PM
曲：We can go - 鬼束ちひろ
I LOVE my NTU professors. Just had an email from a potential undergraduate in LMS telling me she got her place after being interviewed by Ying Ying and James. This made me miss LMS so much I went back to look at the LMS website. And I realise how much I miss the professors back home. These are the times where I miss Singapore uncontrollably, really. It might seem a bit odd to someone not from LMS, but the fact is that LMS has really cultivated a sense of family, especially among us, the pioneer batch.
Just saw that Frantisek's wife is a part-time professor in the division, awesome much. I love these husband-wife linguistic pairs in our division.
Anyway, I'm digressing again. The reason for the blog post after this surge of warm feelings towards NTU LMS is the fact that I have to start thinking about what I want to do when I graduate in about a year's time. Francesco mentioned about doing my MA in NTU itself, but I always thought it was the trend to complete graduate studies elsewhere. Yet I don't think anywhere other than Singapore would be a good place to get started on a good topic for my thesis. And I might be running ahead of myself too, I don't even know if I will get offered a place to do my MA. But it's always good to think about it now. Mum wants to retire too, I know. When I was in poly it never occurred to me that I would be thinking about furthering my studies at this present moment. Mum had a surprise, too, when I first mentioned it, I think.
And I have the feeling if I take the plunge to do a PhD it wouldn't be in Singapore. Hong Kong sounds good right now. It's hard, isn't it, to leave for a foreign place and leave loved ones behind. I must think. 6 months looks like the max for me right now - I'm not as high or affected by a lot in Seattle anymore. I miss seeing people I used to take for granted I would see everyday. Now I realise when I'm back I won't see them that often either. And that sucks.
I'm just writing as the thoughts come into my head so this post seems less planned than the ones before. It could also be because I'm in the library in full view of anyone walking behind me, so I'm a little self-conscious.
Time to go home. Yakiudon attempt 2 coming up. I think it's going to taste different from attempt 1. Heheh Cheryl and Sarah are both uncomplaining guinea pigs, though. =)
velda.
